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Bosnia and Herzegovina joined the World Bank in 1996 (with membership retroactive to 1993). In the immediate post-war period (1996-1999), the Bank, together with the EU, streamlined a wave of emergency projects aimed at jump-starting the reconstruction effort, including transport, power, de-mining, housing, health, education, public works, agriculture, and micro-credit sectors.

While still supporting investments in power sector, water and sanitation, solid waste management, employment etc, in the period between 1999 and 2007, the World Bank shifted a part of its efforts towards supporting the key structural reforms critical to the emergence of a market based economy. The World Bank current program for BH (Country Partnership Strategy ? CPS), for a period between 2008 and 2011, will support BH on its path towards the EU accession, and will partner up with BH to ensure further improvements of services to the most vulnerable categories of population. The World Bank plans to provide about $50 million a year under the current CPS. In 2007, the World Bank approved three new credits (Agriculture and Rural Development Project; Avian Influenza Preparedness Project; and Road Infrastructure and Safety Project) and additional financing for three existing projects (Community Development Project; Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery; and Forest Development and Conservation Project). The total amount of financing for these projects is US$ 65 million. A number of investment projects are currently under preparation, such as a follow-up Solid Waste Management Project, Municipal Development Project, and Sava River Project. Two environmental projects are scheduled for negotiations and approval in 2008: Neretva and Trebisnjica River Basin, and Protected Mountain Areas. These projects will be financed out of the Global Environment Fund (GEF) - grant resources. In addition to financial services, the World Bank also provides analytic and advisory services to BH. The key pieces of analytic work over the coming year include: Proxy Means Targeting Study; Investment Climate Assessment; and Country Economic Memorandum. Since 1996, the World Bank has committed over $1.1 billion to BH through 55 projects.




CONTACT

Mr. Marco Mantovanelli, Country Manager
Mr. Goran Tinjic, Operations Officer
World Bank Country Office
Address: Fra Andjela Zvizdovica 17/B Tower, 71000 Sarajevo, BiH
Tel.: +387.33.251.500
Fax: +387.33.440.108
Web site: www.worldbank.ba 

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